Performance
Improving Education through Accountability and Evaluation Lessons from Around the World
Around the world, school teachers and administrators, scholars and researchers, government officials, and the general public are seeking to improve the quality of education. In recent years, two of the most prominent themes have been: (1) using performance measures to hold school systems, administrators, and teachers accountable for results, and (2) conducting different kinds of evaluations to identify and test promising approaches and programs able to improve student outcomes.
Much can be learned from the efforts already done, and the conference aims to providing the grounds for scholarly dialogue and debate on the methodologies used and the results obtained. The event seeks to bringing together a worldwide audience, including academics and professionals from universities, think tanks, school systems, government agencies, and the private sector, and to offer them the opportunity for networking and discussing how different lessons could be applicable in many countries.
PlagiarismAdvice.org
We have been providing resources, training, advice and guidance to the education sector since 2002 to help address growing concerns about plagiarism, whilst promoting appropriate use of electronic sources of information. We work with a wide range of partners including The Higher Education Academy, JCQ, JISC, Ofqual and all UK unitary awarding bodies, along with schools, colleges and universities.
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Schule 2.0 – Eine repräsentative Untersuchung zum Einsatz elektronischer Medien an der Schule aus Lehrersicht
Grundlage für die Ergebnisse der rund 40 Seiten umfassenden Publikation bildet eine im Februar 2011 durchgeführte Lehrerbefragung. Die Informationen sind in drei Kapitel, „Lehrer und Technik“, „Einsatz elektronischer Medien im Unterricht“ und „Voraussetzungen an Schulen“ gegliedert und geben die Meinungen von insgesamt 501 Lehrerinnen und Lehrern von Hauptschulen, Realschulen, Gesamtschulen und Gymnasien der Bundesrepublik wider.
Untersuchungsgegenstand der Studie waren, neben dem technischen Wissensstand der Lehrer und deren Einstellung zur Nutzung von elektronischen Medien im Unterricht, der Zweck und die Rahmenbedingungen beim Einsatz von digitalen Medien. Die jeweiligen Fragen wurden in unterschiedlichen Kategorien ausgewertet und als Balkendiagramme dargestellt.
Gli e-portfolio come strumenti di valutazione delle competenze generiche in corsi di apprendimento a distanza
Innanzitutto, presentiamo il paradigma teorico ed organizzativo su cui si basa la nostra proposta. In questo contesto, sintetizziamo il modello di competenze soggiacente e identifichiamo le competenze generiche come parte degli obiettivi accademici. In seguito, evochiamo il contesto istituzionale e organizzativo dei corsi a distanza. Ciò conduce alla necessità di realizzare valutazioni e ad alcune conclusioni sulla composizione dei portfolio. Come ultima fase di base, definiamo il metodo del portfolio in funzione dell'obiettivo della valutazione. Nella seconda parte, proponiamo alcune conclusioni e difendiamo l'idea che i portfolio sono atti a stimolare strategie di apprendimento creative, collaborative e scientifiche allo scopo di definire le competenze generiche di riferimento. Concludiamo l'articolo con alcune considerazioni e suggerimenti finali sull'elaborazione di portfolio di valutazione, facendo riferimento al modulo "Piano di apprendimento professionale" di uno dei nostri corsi per il Master.